You can make even a parrot into a learned political economist – all he must learn are the two words “supply” and “demand.”
THOMAS CARLYLESilence is more eloquent than words.
More Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.
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Every day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music and rings the whole day through, and you make of it a dance, a dirge, or a life march, as you will.
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The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.
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A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.
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Who is it that loves me and will love me forever with an affection which no chance, no misery, no crime of mine can do away? It is you, my mother.
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The past is always attractive because it is drained of fear.
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The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.
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The battle that never ends is the battle of belief against disbelief.
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Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.
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The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man; whatsoever he believes, he believes it for himself, not for another.
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A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.
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If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you had better get him to talk about it; for the more men talk, the more likely they are to do nothing else.
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Of all your troubles, great and small, the greatest are the ones that don’t happen at all.
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Without kindness there can be no true joy.
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It’s a man’s sincerity and depth of vision that makes him a poet.
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